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Rock Band 3 To Include MIDI Keyboard 107

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday June 10, 2010 @02:52PM from the hey-guys-let's-get-some-of-that-innovation-in-here dept.

xbeefsupreme writes with news that Harmonix has officially demonstrated Rock Band 3's 25-key MIDI keyboard. From USA Today: "During the game, green, red, blue, yellow or orange keys flow on a 'stream' representing the notes to be played on five corresponding keyboard keys. In a new authentic Pro mode meant to help players segue to actual instruments, all 25 keys are used; the streams shifts left and right to cover the correct keys. The keyboard also works as a MIDI keyboard that can be connected to a computer. 'This is a real instrument and a real device,' says senior designer Sylvain Dubrofsky." The game will also support more advanced "real" guitar controllers, which have six actual strings you can strum. Hit the link below to see the keyboard in use.

Where Android Beats the iPhone 365

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 04, 2010 @06:22PM from the but-that's-not-how-jobs-wants-it dept.

snydeq writes "Peter Wayner provides a developer's comparison of Android and the iPhone and finds Android not only competitive but in fact a better choice than the iPhone for many developers, largely due to its Java foundation. 'While iPhone developers have found that one path to success is playing to our baser instincts (until Apple shuts them down), a number of Android applications are offering practical solutions that unlock the power of a phone that's really a Unix machine you can slip into your pocket,' Wayner writes, pointing out GScript and Remote DB as two powerful tools for developers to make rough but workable custom tools for Android. But the real gem is Java: 'The pure Java foundation of Android will be one of the biggest attractions for many businesses with Java programmers on the staff. Any Java developer familiar with Eclipse should be able to use Google's Android documentation to turn out a very basic application in just a few hours. Not only that, but all of the code from other Java programs will run on your Android phone — although it won't look pretty or run as fast as it does on multicore servers.'"

Comment Re:Microsoft makes a great trackball (Score 1) 627

by wunderhorn1 on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @01:18PM (#20073773) Attached to: Mouse or Trackball?

Another longtime Trackball Explorer user here. There's always Ebay (also my source for the old-style MS Natural keyboards.)

Journal Journal: Troll Slaying Roundup 3

Journal by Troll Blacklist on Wednesday December 17, 2003 @04:21PM

I apologize for the time between entries, but as many of you know, CmdrTaco has now all but eliminated trolling on Slashdot - and deserves our thanks for all his hard work! However a recent upsurge in trolling over the last four months has created some changes in the Master Troll Blacklist, and I'll document some of these changes for you now.

Fortknox - Beloved by many, Josh Marotti recently announced that he is in fact a

Comment Re:Okay, then. (Score 1) 9

by Troll Blacklist on Thursday December 19, 2002 @01:38PM (#4923921) Attached to: Answering the Mailbag

Sllort is a vicious troll.
Mwalker is a crapflooder troll.
Enoch Root is a troll who links to hateful obscenities.
Ekrout is an idiot troll.

And you too are a troll.

Stop whining; you have been silenced.

Journal Journal: Answering the Mailbag 9

Journal by Troll Blacklist on Wednesday December 18, 2002 @05:58PM

miagfmu writes:

To: TrollBlacklist HinduHome.com
Subject: Non-troll request

Hi,

I was looking at your list and am about to sign up. But, I saw a friend-of-a-friend
on the list, and thought it might not be such a great idea.

Journal Journal: Recent Troll Slayings 1

Journal by Troll Blacklist on Tuesday December 17, 2002 @07:51PM

Discovered and destroyed troll SteweyGriffin, added to foe list today. Blacklist users won't have to worry about him any more.

Please email me the names of trolls to destroy, and let your friends know about Troll Blacklist. You don't have to put up with crap to read Slashdot.

TrollBlacklist-at-HinduHome.com

Comment Re:The Endeavor to the Rescue? (Score 1) 246

by sybok66 on Wednesday November 27, 2002 @04:26PM (#4769926) Attached to: Astra 1K Communications Satellite now Space Junk

It was an Intelsat satalite that was saved by the first flight of the space shuttle Endeavour in May 1992 after it's Titan 3 second stage did not separate and prevented the satellite from its ascent to its intended 22,300-mile geosynchronous orbit. The F-3 satellite was actully put into service over the Atlantic Ocean at 325.5 degrees East in July 1992, just in time to carry coverage of the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. :D Actully, it has a estimated 10.8 years life time - so it could still be around today.

Journal Journal: Curbing Slashdot Abuse 1

Journal by Troll Blacklist on Tuesday November 26, 2002 @02:55PM

Like many web based discussion boards, Slashdot has a small vocal minority of abusive and disruptive users. Many of these users spend hours online attempting to harass and provoke normal Slashdot users. CmdrTaco et al have devised a trust referral system which allows users to mark bad accounts and assign them a penalty. This account in particular has a running list of ALL of Slashdot's worst abusive users. You can leverage this account to 'block out' this i

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